How To Install gkermit on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gkermit on Kali Linux.

What is gkermit

gkermit is:

G-Kermit is a GPL’d kermit package. It offers medium-independent terminal session and file transfer. The non-free package ckermit adds connection establishment, character-set translation and scripting features.

There are three methods to install gkermit on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gkermit Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gkermit using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gkermit

Install gkermit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gkermit using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gkermit

Install gkermit Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gkermit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gkermit

How To Uninstall gkermit on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gkermit package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gkermit

Uninstall gkermit And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gkermit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gkermit

Remove gkermit Configurations and Data

To remove gkermit configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gkermit

Remove gkermit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gkermit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gkermit

Dependencies

gkermit have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• gkermit website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gkermit package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.